"completely ignoring the last few decades" Well, for fairness, D is quite a bit older than Swift. (It's nearly as much older than Swift as it is younger than C

"completely ignoring the last few decades" Well, for fairness, D is quite a bit older than Swift. (It's nearly as much older than Swift as it is younger than C++!) But what do you think pushes Swift out of the "C++ with hindsight" basket?